The Brothers Karamazov
Translated by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky
$28.05
- Paperback
816 pages
- Release Date
3 April 1992
Summary
‘In this new translation one finally gets the musical whole of Dostoevsky’s original’ New York Times Book Review
FROM THE AWARD-WINNING TRANSLATORS RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY
Dostoevsky’s beautiful writing style and universal themes make this epic 19th century novel unmissable.
The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving Karamazov and his three sons - th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099922803 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099922800 |
| Author: | Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 816 |
| Release Date: | 3 April 1992 |
| Weight: | 580g |
| Dimensions: | 43mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
Dostoevsky makes Martin Amis seem as if he was writing 130 years ago and that Dostoevsky is writing now. Read all of Dostoevsky. These books are for now and they matter, because it’s up to us to call a halt to our TV producers, politicians, gutless artists, poets and writers: these “teenagers of all ages” who are propelling us towards a consumerist hell of disposability over quality
Donne, Herbert, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, George Eliot, Dostoevsky, Henry James - these are the great psychologists - far greater than Freud or Klein or Jung
No reader who knows The Brothers Karamazov should ignore this magnificent translation. And no reader who doesn’t should wait any longer to acquaint himself with one of the peaks of modern fiction * USA Today *
It returns us to a work we thought we knew - made new again * Washington Post *
In this new translation one finally gets the musical whole of Dostoevsky’s original * New York Times Book Review *
A philosophical and spiritual drama which contains all of life’s vices and virtues * List *
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow on November 11, 1821. He had six siblings. His mother died in 1837 and his father in 1839.
He graduated from the St Petersburg Academy of Military Engineering in 1846 but decided to pursue a writing career. His first book, Poor Folk, was well-received. However, on April 23, 1849, he was arrested for subversion and sentenced to death. Following a mock execution, his sentence was commuted to hard labor in Siberia, where he developed epilepsy.
Dostoevsky was released in 1854. His 1860 book, The House of the Dead, drew upon his Siberian experiences. In 1857, he married Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva. After his release, he adopted more conservative and traditional values, renouncing his earlier socialist views.
In the subsequent years, he spent considerable time abroad, struggled with a gambling addiction, and accumulated significant debt. His first wife died in 1864, and he then married Anna Grigoryeva Snitkina. In the following years, he published his most enduring and successful works, including Crime and Punishment (1865).
Fyodor Dostoevsky died on February 9, 1881.
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